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cies. We easily found promethia by looking for the apparently 

 curled and dried leaves on the spice-bush and sassafras and soon 

 learned to detect cocoons and differentiate them from curled 

 leaves at a glance. As we gained more experience and our eyes 

 became sharper we could also detect luna and angulifera from 

 the dried leaves on the ground under the hickory, persimmon 

 and black-walnut when hunting for the former, and while looking 

 under tulip-poplars for the latter. We also found luna under 

 sweet-gum, but did not spend any time on its less common food- 

 plants. Industry, patience and sharp eyes will enable any boy 

 or girl to find these species after they fall to the ground with the 

 leaves. Usually, however, the full-grown caterpillar crawls to 

 the ground and will spin among the leaves between the earth and 

 the bark just at the top of the ground or alongside of a stick or 

 a piece of bark. Cecropia often has a habit of spinning on the 

 elder stalk close to the ground. 



There was a fascination about these tramps, and they gave us 

 keen enjoyment. When noon arrived we were desperately hun- 

 gry and sat around our fire toasting our fingers and roasting the 

 potatoes and chestnuts. We did not confine our attention solely 

 to insects, but enjoyed all nature. Minerals were collected and 

 plants and animals observed. We usually returned home tired, 

 but happy and enjoying our treasures and waiting with impa- 

 tience for our cocoons to disclose their beautiful images. 



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NOTES ON EUROPEAN ENTOMOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS. 



By PHILIP P. CALVERT. 



VII. GENOA. 



The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Geneva is situated on 

 an eminence in the public park, known as the Villetta di Negro, 

 and commanding a view of that picturesque harbor which has 

 won for the city the title of " La Superba." The Director is the 

 Marchese Giacomo Doria, the Vice-director Dr. Raffaello Gestro, 

 well known also as an authority on Coleoptera. Signor Leon- 

 ardo Fea, the explorer of Burmah, is Assistant, especially in 

 Entomology, and Signor Filippo Silvestri occupies himself with 

 Myriapoda. Shortly after the writer's visit to the Museum, and 



